Reel.



PAT-BNTBD PEB. 1a, 190e. o. E. MGMAHON.

REEL.

APPLICATION FILED APB.. zal. 1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l.

OLLTJZEJC'- all PATENTBD PEB. 18, 1908.

0. B. MGMAHON.

'REEL APPLICATION YILED APB. 23, 1907.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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f #lruff o iii-I A35 platform, designated as a whole by UNITED VSTUYIESPATENT OFFICE.

fla. 879,570.

VTo all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, W-EN E. MCMABON, a citizen of the' United States,and a resident of Elgin, in the county of Kane and State of Illinois,have invented certain new and useful Im )rovements in Reels; and I dohereby der are that the following is a full, elear,'and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to the 1i) letters o f reference marked thereon, which forni a partof this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in wire reels designed to supporta coil of wire in position for the wire to he nnwound therefrom andthein .ention consists in the matters hereinafter set forth and morelparticularly pointed outin the appended claims.

'sfAs shown in the drawingsz-Figure l a top plan view of a reelembodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an axial-section, taken on line 2 2 ofFig. l'. Fig. 3 is a fra 'mentary horizontal plan view of the coilplatform or support. Fig. 4 is a detail, taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3.Fig. 5 is a plan view of a locking ring on the reel frame constitutingpart of the means by which the coil confining ring is locked in place.Figs. 6 and 7 are details illustrating the manner of *locking said coilconfining ring. Fig. 8 is a section,

taken on line 8 8 of Fig. 2.

As shown in tle drawings, A designates a stationary support upon whichthe. reel is rotatively mounted. The reel comprises, in general terms, almrizontal coil su )porting ll, a coil coniiniug ring C which engagesthe upper si'le of the coil to hold the `ame on the platform, standardsl) rising from the platform and carrying at their up er ends a lockingring E, 40 and a ring over ring and removably secured upon the lockingring E and sup iorting the confining ring through the met ium of l,radial arms (1f, which latter are. riveted or otherwise suitablyattached at their ends to the. inner and outer rings t The reel frame isrotatively mounted on a vertical shaft F which is headed at its lowerend and is iixed to the. hase-plate A by means of aclamping plate A', asshown in Fig. 2. 'llie coil supporting platform is not a continuousplatform as hcreiu shown, but comprises radial angularly separatedmembers composed oll two pairs ol' bars li B of angle-bar'cross-section, which cross 'each other and are secured together at thecenter of ille reel frame. 'lheAsaid supporting or platformSpecification of Letton Patent. mima ma ipfii 23.191'17. saai il.369.859.

Patented rnb. 1s, 190s.

bars are connected at their outer ends by means o' a ring B also ofangle bar cross section, They are carri-d at the center of the frame bya bearing sleeve Gsurroundino and rotating upon the shaft F. The saibearing sleeve G is provided with a baseflange G which rests upon theplate A, as

shown in Fig. 2.

The manner of attaching the platform or supporting bars B1 to saidbearing sleeve is shorm most elearl in Figs. 2, 3 and 4 and is made asfollows: li`lie said bearing sleeve is rectangular in cross-section andthe vertical flanges of said bars bear laterally against the flat facesof said sleeve and rest at their lower margins on the base flange of thesleeve. The horizontal webs of one pair off' Athe Vbars rest on thehorizontal webs of the other pair of said bars. Said bars arese curedtogether and to the base-flange of the sleeve by means of bolts b bextending through the overlying webs of said bars and tliroueh openingsin the base-flange G1 of said eeve. The heads at the lower ends of saidbolts occupy countersunk recesses in the lower face of said flange.

The standards l) which support the locking ring E of the frame eachcomprises two converging members or legs d d1 and is made of a singlepiece of bar iron bent betweenits ends to the proper forni. They areattached at their lower ends to the webs of said platform bars and toshort plates d2 extendin across and attached to said webs. The saistandards are formed at their upper ends with horizontal seats for thelocking ring E, which latter is attached thereto by bolts d. The coilconfining ring C and its su porting frame, -consisting of the ring C andtlie radial connecting arms CL', are removably mounted in said framewhereby it may he removed therefrom when a. coil of wire is placed onthe reel, and it is thereafter locked to the frame in a manner to bearupon the up er side of the coil to confine the coil in pace. The meansfor thus removably locking said confining ring in place will bcunderstood from a consideration ol' Figs. l, 2, 5, and 7. The saidlocking ring is provided on its inner margins willi a plurality oi'angularly se )arated notches ,equal in number to the ra ial arms C2 ofthe coil confining ring frame, The said arms C' are extended inwardlybeyond the inner margin of the ring Cl and are shaped to rovide,radially inside said ring, lioolis c tiat are adapted to extend 'beneaththe inner margin of the locking ring.

to adj ustin f formed in the inner iiiemhers d ol' thev .from the reel.

l locking said parts firmly in ilacc.

the same to place.

The said arms and hooks are so spaced as to pass through the, notches eof the locking ring when the confining ring is applied to the reel and,by rotating said ring and its freine to a short angular extent, thehooks c are shifted out of line with said notches and beneath the solid)art of said ring'tliereby As herein shown, the inner margin ot thclocking ring is provided adjacent to said notches e with stops e1 thatlirnit the extent of angular movement by tne confining ring to adjust4In order to adjust the reel to coils of wire of varying diameters thesupports against which the inner side of the coil bears are adinstableradially inwardlj and outwardly and are arranged to be locked in any ad'justed position. The said supports for the inner side of vthe coil comirise swinging levers H H which are hingeii at their lo'wer ends to pinsor bolts li extending between the platform bars BL and are adapted toswing at their upper ends towards and from the center of the reel. Theupper ends of said levers are located inside the coil confining ring Cand extend above said ring. As herein shown four of said llevers areemployed, one hinged between the outer ends of 'each pair of supportingor platfoi'iii bars l. The means for adjusting said levers inwardly andoutwardly and loi-king them iii adjusted positions comprise linlrs il'lll that are pivoted at their outer ends to lugs li located centrally ofthe 'levers and at their inner ends if screws i2 that extend through andhave siiiding engagement with slots d4 YNhen the standards l) are madeof the form herein shown, the outer members il thereof are slotted topermit the links of the :id-

justing bars to pass therethrough, us shi v. ii' in F1 s. 1 and 2.

By releasing the iiuts /i and s iding the adjusting bolts upwa rilly and`downwardly on the. inner members of said standards, the levers li maybe swung in- Wardl or outwardlv to positions desired and locke in suchadjusted positions. As a further and scparate improvement the saidadjustiiiu levers are provided at their upper ends wit i loops orhandles Ilz, whereby the reci as a whole may be conveniently carriedfrom place to place.

A friction brake is applied to the rotating bearing sleeve (i in suchmanner as to place more or less of a drag on the rotation of the Y reciand thereby enabling a proper tension to be maintained ou the wire :isit. is uiiwound The friction device herein shown is made as follows:'l`hc shaft l" is providedl with a vertical, Aloiijafitudiiial slotthrough which extend upper and lower horizo'ntal eross-barsj" f betweenwhich is int-cr- -,osed :i spiral expausivcly acting spring j thatsurrounds said shaft. The lower crossbai'j"2 rests on a friction washerfwhich in turn rests on the top or cnil face of the hearing sleeve. l `ldesignates an adjusting screw which luis screw-threadcd engagement vithan axial hole in the upper ciid'ol' thc shaft Fand hcai'satitslower cnilagainst the upper cross-bar j". Said adjusting screw is provided with ahand wht-elf". By turning down said adjusting screw more or lesspressure is applied through the springf to the friction washer thercbvforcing thc same into yielding friction contact with the uppci end ofthe bearing sleeve with the cll'cct of producing the braking orrctai'diiig action desired.

'l claim as my iiiveiitioiirl, reel comprising a rotative platfroni orsupport, a coil coiiliiiiiig device above said support, between which:iiid the support is adapted to bc coiiiined a. coil of wire, saidcoiiliiiing device comprising a ring and radial ariiis extendinginwardly therefrom for attachment to the reel frame.

.3. reel coiiipi'isiiig :i rotative platform or support, a coilcoiiliuiiig ring located above j i the reel frame, and arms extendinginwardly from said eoiiliiiiiig ring and adapted to releasubl)r engagesaid locking ring.

4.' A recl comprising :i rotative pliilfoi'iii ufo.

or support, standards rising therefrom, a v

locking ring' supported on said standards, and :i coil coiihniiig deviceremovably coiil iiectcd with said locking ring between which :ind theplatform is adapted to be conliiicil :i cuil uf Will.

5. 'lhe combination with u. rotative coil support or platform of a reel,of standards rising therefrom, a locking ring supported on saidvstandards and provided at its inner margins with notches, arcoiifiniiigring provided wilh radial, inwardly extending arms provided willi hooksadapted to pass through said notches and b v :iiigiihii' movement of thecoiiiiiiiiig ring to be engaged with the iiiinotched portion of I heiiiiicr iiiiirgiii of the i'iiig.

l'i. ln a rcel, the i-oiiibiiiation'with a rotalivc pluiforiii oi'suppoil., of :i iiotchcd loi-.king iiiiir a coiiiiiiiiig ring providedwith Ill'i radial supisorting arms having lat their inner ends hooadapted to engage said notched ring, and a connecting the inner ends osaid arms.

7. A reel comprising a horizontal, rotative platform, standards risingfrom and attached i' to the platform; levers pivoted to the platform toswing toward and from the center ofthe reel for sustaining the innerside of a coil of Wire, and adjusting devices carried by said standardsfor adjusting the levers toward and fromthe center of the reel.

` 8. 'reel` comprising a horizontal, rotative platform,.standards risingfrom and attached to theplatform', levers pivoted to the platform toswing toward and from the center v of thereel sustaining the inner sideof a coil of Wire, and adjusting devices carried by said standards foradjusting the levers toward and from the center of the reel compris'links pivoted at their outer ends to sai levers, and clamping deviceshaving adjust- -able connection with said standards to which the innerends of the links are pivoted.

9.' A reel comprising a horizontahrotative whioh sai'd support rotates,a bearin sleeve rotating on said standards, means or conning a coil ofwire thereon, said support comprising bars arranged in crosswiserelation and attached toea'ch other and said bearing sleeve of thecenter of the reel,` and a ring surrounding and fixed to the outenends 4of said bars.

as niy invention I allx my sivnature in the iresence of two Witnesses,this 23rd day of ie'arch A. D. 1907. V

lVitnesses TnoMAs MCCUE, l Pn'rnn CALIAHAN.

formed at their upper ends tive support, a vertical standard about:

platform or support, levers pivoted to said' i In testimony, that Iclaim the foregoing OWEN E. iiciiAiioNf

